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Black Hole Safety Video

If you were a small one-eyed monster, would you want to visit a black hole?

Eye Sky a Dragon

What do you see when you look into this sky?

Little Planet to Exoplanets

Of course this little planet is really planet Earth in a digitally stitched 360 x 180 degree mosaic captured high in the Chilean Atacama desert.

A Total Solar Eclipse Reflected

If you saw a total solar eclipse, would you do a double-take?

Tranquility Base Panorama

On July 20, 1969 the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle safely touched down on the Moon.

La Silla Eclipse Sequence

The road to the high mountaintop La Silla Observatory in the Chilean Atacama Desert also led to totality in the path of July 2nd's total solar eclipse.

Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited

This close-up was taken from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Little Planet Lookout

Don't panic. This little planet projection looks confusing, but it's actually just a digitally warped and stitched, nadir centered mosaic of images that covers nearly 360x180 degrees.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: R Leporis: A Vampire's Star

Better known as Hind's Crimson Star, R Leporis is a rare star in planet Earth's night sky. It's also a shocking shade of red.

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